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4. Elizabeth PEARCE (41) was born about 1721 in Lombard Street, London.(42) She died in Jun 1806 in London. (43)(44) She was buried in Church Brampton, Northampton Co.. (45) Elizabeth (Pearce) May was buried with her husband. Elizabeth had two sons and one daughter, all being buried in the Bramptons Churchyard.
She was married to Rev. Thomas MAY in 1759 in Church Brampton, Northampton Co.. (46) Rev. Thomas MAY (47) was born in 1714 in Basing, Southampton. (48) Age at death was 58, so birth may have been any time from June 1713 to June 1714. He received a degree in B.D. in 1746 in Corpus Christi College.(49) He died in Jun 1772.(50) (51) "Pedigree of Pearce" lists date of death as May 1772, but as "A Tale of Two Villages" author Jack Wagstaff lived in the Bramptons, it is likely he consulted the gravestone or memorial inscription in the Church. He was buried in Church Brampton, Northampton Co.. (52) Instituted into Church Brampton in 1758 and continued as Rector until his death in June 1772 at the age of only 58 years.